56km or 21km?

I have been getting up at 05h30 every morning and doing some really nice sessions at Virgin Active Century City. Thank you to adidas as well. The treadmill sessions generally last about 40-50 minutes, and towards the end I try and push it to get close to 4 minutes/km.

I don’t think I’ve done enough training this year to run the marathon on 17 February to qualify for the 56km. If I push myself for the marathon and/or Two Oceans Ultra Marathon (56km) I think I’ll be doing more bad than good. At this stage I should be doing at least a 32km over the weekend and because of time constraints I’m not able to get near that.

Mentally I’ve decided to drop to the 21km from the 56km for Two Oceans Marathon because work commitments are hampering doing longer runs over the weekend or training twice a day.

Saturday I did about 90 minutes on the treadmill whilst watching the OZ Open final and Sunday I did about 60 minutes on the treadmill. I’m really enjoying my time at Virgin Active and my adidas running shoes are working quite nicely.

There’s always next year.

Sad face!!

The 21km is a festive run so I’ll go out and enjoy it.

Nigel

Source: adidasrunning.co.za

Moses Mabhida adi-active run on 18 December 2012

Tuesday 18 December sees the latest 5km and 8km adi-active runs take place at 6pm from our Moses Mabhida club in Durban. You can register online or at the event – just get there a little early to try on some exciting new adidas gear!

Constantia adi-active run on 11 December 2012

Tuesday 11 December sees the latest 5km and 8km adi-active runs take place at 6pm from our Constantia club in Cape Town. You can register online or at the event – just get there a little early to try on some exciting new adidas gear!

Constantia adi-active run on 4 December 2012

Tuesday 4 December sees the latest 5km and 8km adi-active runs take place at 6pm from our Constantia club in Cape Town. You can register online or at the event – just get there a little early to try on some exciting new adidas gear!

Constantia adi-active run on 13 November 2012

Tuesday 13 November sees the latest 5km and 8km adi-active runs take place at 6pm from our Constantia club in Cape Town. You can register online or at the event – just get there a little early to try on some exciting new adidas gear!

Noordstad adi-active run on 6 November

Tuesday 6 November sees the latest 5km and 8km adi-active runs take place at 6pm from our Noordstad club in Bloemfontein. You can register online or at the event – just get there a little early to try on some exciting new adidas gear!

Centurion adi-active run on 16 October

Tuesday 16 October sees the latest 5km and 8km adi-active runs take place at 6pm from our Centurion club in Pretoria. You can register online or at the event – just get there a little early to try on some exciting new adidas gear!

Here’s the route map for Tuesday’s run:

adidas invites runners to refresh their gear and make a difference

Gather up your old running footwear and turn them into something valuable with the launch of the adidas ‘Refresh Your Gear’ campaign.

adidas is offering a R400 discount on new running shoes for every pair of old ones, of any brand, donated and will distribute the second-hand gear to disadvantaged runners through SCORE, a non-profit organisation specializing in community development in sport and recreation, and The Two Oceans Marathon Initiative (TOMI).

During the campaign, local adidas ambassadors such as Graeme Smith, Lucas Radebe, Bryan Habana and Jean de Villiers will be refreshing their gear at selected stores across South Africa in support of the charities involved.

adidas PR Manager Zobuzwe Ngobese says “this is the perfect time of year to refresh your gear and get into some good training for a great year of running which lies ahead and this campaign allows everyone to benefit from a discount while ensuring that their old shoes are going to a really good cause”.

adidas celebrates Virgin Active Soweto’s first birthday

We’re having a party and you’re invited.

adidas and Virgin Active Soweto will host a special adi-active run to celebrate the gym’s 1^st birthday on Heritage Day, 24 September 2012.

Upcoming Events

The next two months are packed with activities, events and classes. Join us!

Melrose Arch
Tuesdays – New Fierce class
10 October – Group exercise member forum
12 October – Special Fierce class get together with coffee and a muffin

Moses Mabhida
22 September – Join us for a spring exercise session in the outdoors. Class
includes Twentyfour, Fierce, Spinning, Katastep and a demo of
Classic Box. Duration 07:30 to 10:30
23 October – adi-active run. To register go to www.adi-active.co.za